Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Affordable Energy Can Solve Water Shortages: Some very interesting back-of-the-envelope calculations regarding energy costs for production of fresh water from salt water, and the economic implications of supply/demand. [FuturePundit] 8:15:26 AM

New Solutions for World's Energy Woes: Approximately 2 billion people have no access to electricity. They do without many of the amenities the rest of us take for granted: air conditioning, refrigeration, television, indoor lighting, and pumps to supply drinking water. New approaches to energy production combine simple technologies -- solar heat, steam turbines, electric generators, hydrogen electrolizers - to make affordable and easily maintainable home energy systems for use in the poorest countries. [What's Next In Science & Technology] 7:49:07 AM

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